Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5Per resident, Arbour Lake records about as much crime as the typical place among Canadian towns
Its letter overall is B− (#33 of 474 in Alberta): close to the middle of Canadian towns, from crime its police reported through 2023 to 2025. Behind the grade sit 10.6 violent incidents and 31.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 67.2 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ scores 60.3.
Statistics Canada, police-reported crime, 2023–2025 means. The index weighs each crime by its seriousness; rates are incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Shared with the rest of the Calgary service area: crime severity and crime rate.
What stands out about safety in Arbour Lake
Easing since 2023
In 2023 the index in Arbour Lake stood at 74.3, by 2025 at 62.9. Over the same years the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 to 59.2. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Arbour Lake: B− for safety, and why
How sure: A less certain grade than most: it reads the city’s overall figure, which can hide how Arbour Lake itself compares.
The grade weighs the Crime Severity Index and its violent half, averaged over 2023–2025, against every Canadian town and city neighbourhood of 1,000 people or more.
Its place: #33 of 474 in Alberta and #1,144 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
What Calgary’s police record, by type
These are Calgary’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Calgary runs highest on robbery (0.8 per 1,000 against 0.4), motor vehicle theft (3 per 1,000 against 1.7) and break and enter (3.7 per 1,000 against 2.2). Fraud and sexual assault sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 20 | 0.01 | 70% |
| Sexual violations against children | 274.7 | 0.2 | 39% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 445.3 | 0.3 | 96% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 138.3 | 0.09 | 40% |
| Robbery | 1,191.7 | 0.8 | 36% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 128.3 | 0.08 | 75% |
| Other violent violations | 241.3 | 0.2 | 59% |
| Breaking and entering | 5,706.7 | 3.7 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 620 | 0.4 | 86% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 4,568.7 | 3 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1,197.7 | 0.8 | 6% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 24,502.7 | 15.7 | 11% |
| Mischief | 5,863 | 3.8 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 862.7 | 0.6 | 93% |
| Administration of justice violations | 12,562 | 8.1 | 99% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 554 | 0.4 | 68% |
| Drug violations | 1,387 | 0.9 | 92% |
| Impaired driving | 106 | 0.07 | 94% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 124.3 | 0.08 | 41% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment: incidents a year are its own, the town’s share is only estimated in the tiles. Cleared: incidents solved by a charge or otherwise, as a share of those reported.
Incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 means, against the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Year by year in Arbour Lake: down 15%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 74.3; the lightest was 2025, at 62.9. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ moved from 64.3 to 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Arbour Lake | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62.9 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 64.3 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 74.3 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Arbour Lake, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Arbour Lake
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbour Lake | 10,454 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Citadel | 10,196 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Royal Oak | 12,343 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Scenic Acres | 8,026 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Ranchlands | 7,376 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Hawkwood | 9,188 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Silver Springs | 9,042 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
6 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- What the index measures. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One figure for the city. Calgary’s community crime statistics sit behind a sign-in, so Arbour Lake’s figures are the whole city’s.
Questions about safety in Arbour Lake
Is Arbour Lake safe?
The short answer is an index of 67.2 for Arbour Lake (2023–2025), built from 10.6 violent incidents and 31.9 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Set that beside 60.3, the median for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Arbour Lake?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 15.7, other Criminal Code offences at 9.2 and assault at 6.7, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Arbour Lake?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 15%, to 62.9 from 74.3.
How much of Arbour Lake’s crime do police solve?
About 35% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 49% of violent and 28% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
The city force’s, one set of figures for the city.
Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025 (Statistics Canada Open Licence); TownRatings calculation.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services (tables 35-10-0186 to 0190, 0061, 0063, 0064), 2023–2025 · Statistics Canada, Incident-based crime statistics by detailed violations, police services (35-10-0178 to 0185) · Safety Grade: TownRatings calculation. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).